“Education was the simplest of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe collection and possibly the most effective. McQueen evoked the look and feel of 1970s Britain with smoking headmasters and Roobarb on TV at teatime wonderfully. An eloquent and beautifully performed end to the anthology.”
“This capper to an extraordinary run of work is the definition of a small axe, making its point with a tidy economy and focused just on a single oak-felling at hand. I was often reminded of Alan Clarke’s work for television, with its rambunctious bleakness, its wicked black humour.”
“The last of McQueen’s Small Axe anthology, inspired by his own childhood, was a deeply affecting look at the way the school system was rigged against black children like him. The film was quietly devastating in its depiction of the shame and helplessness Kingsley felt as he realised he’d been marked out as a failure.”
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Has there ever been a comedy straight man in a double act who found a new partner and switched role to become the funny guy? Bob Mortimer has done just that and I’m struggling to think of a precedent.
If you don’t know what the straight man’s role is, think of Ernie Wise’s face as Eric Morecambe slaps him round the chops. Ernie’s job was much more than setting up the laughs. He was the backbone of every routine . . . the maypole around which his brilliant pal cavorted.
That was Bob’s job, when he was one half of Reeves and Mortimer. He played the adoring acolyte, awe-struck by the confidence of Vic Reeves, in a partnership that took them through stand-up comedy, panel games and sitcoms.
Did you watch the fifth and final film from Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology?
Kenyah Sandy in Education
DIRECTOR STEVE McQueen says having an ‘unfortunate time growing up as a Black child in the British education system’ was the premise for the fifth and final film from Small Axe anthology.
Though the film is set in the early 70’s, there were many parallels with my experience in the education system in the 80’s
Steve McQueen
Education is the coming of age story of 12-year-old Kingsley (Kenyah Sandy), a boy with a fascination for astronauts and rockets.
When Kingsley is called to the Headmaster’s office for disruptive behaviour in class, he is shocked to discover his transfer to a school for those with “special needs.”
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Sunday BBC2, 8.10pm It’s gentle, often a bit silly, a whole lot of fun – and even those who have never picked up a fishing rod in their lives adore this programme. The best buddies have a festive treat for viewers, and it’s also rather special for Bob Mortimer because it takes him back to his roots in Middlesbrough. He and Paul Whitehouse spend time angling on the river Esk and Tees in the hope of catching an elusive glorious grayling. Bob also tries to prove to Paul that the spirit of Christmas really does still exist, which could prove trickier than landing any fish.
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